8-year old boy Tommy Illayes of Tonawanda NY bravely crosses heavy currents of river Niagara above Niagara Falls. Cameraman films him from boat. Boy crosses under a bridge.Boy reaches the finish point and poses in elation. His time for 4.5 miles was 41 minutes. July 1941.
President Franklin Roosevelt's diplomat Harry Hopkins exits his car and makes his way towards the Pan American Airbase. Surrounded by press and photographers he arrives at dock. Hopkins waves to the crowd and leaves for Lisbon in the Yankee Clipper Boeing-314. January 1941.
Shows a burning American oil supply dump destroyed in a Japanese air raid at Puruata Island in Empress Augusta Bay,Bougainville. American troops of the 37th Division put off the fire using water hoses. A bombed 90mm American gun position. (World War II period).
Models arrive at the Malibu Club at Lido Beach in Long Island, United States. Models display their designer outfits including suits, shorts and slacks at a pool side.
Following World War I, surrendered German ships received from the Allied Board as part of war reparations, are towed by the U.S. Navy. The dreadnaught battleship SMS Ostfriesland, damaged in the Jutland battle, is seen. The Scout Cruiser Frankfurt sunk at Scapa Flow seen under tow. Disabled due to negligence, Frankfurt towed across the water. Surrendered destroyers towed by naval tugs.
Bombing of Rekata bay (near Munda and Guadalcanal in the South Pacific) during August 24th 1943. U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers of the 13th Army Air Forces in flight at a high altitude over the bay. Bombers drop bombs on Japanese targets at Rekata bay. (World War II period).
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